BEAUTIES AND THE BESTER

SOUTH African celebrities will spill all the beans in their scary run-ins with criminal Thabo Bester in a new Netflix documentary series.

Netflix has released the trailer for their new three-part true crime doccie “Beauty And The Bester”, which launches on 12 September.

The limited series chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of Dr. Nandipha Magudumana, a celebrated celebrity doctor whose involvement with convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester sent shockwaves across the nation.

Friends and family open up in exclusive interviews, each trying to make sense of the strange and unsettling bond between a respected doctor and her convicted criminal partner, Bester.

The trailer shows: actress Pearl Thusi, “The Mommy Club” reality TV star Happy Simelane and broadcaster Penny Lebyane.

Lebyane, a South African media personality, was among several local celebrities who unknowingly visited the practice of the criminally-accused skin doctor. She has previously been featured on Showmax's "Tracking Thabo Bester.

Magudumana was the owner of Optimum Medical Aesthetics Solutions, a Sandton-based beauty business.

Model and TV personality Thusi had an encounter with Bester, the “Facebook Rapist,” in June 2011 and almost became one of his victims.

Simelane previously shared her experience meeting the criminal and claimed she was almost trafficked by him. On Showmax's “The Mommy Club”, Simelane showed videos of their meeting where Bester asked her to “find people producing luxury content”.

The three-part series delves into the events of late 2023 that captivated South Africa, leaving the public to ponder: how did one of the country's most admired women become embroiled in one of its most significant criminal scandals?

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